Fair Salary (Base + Bonus) for 3 years Development Experience

I have my 3 year review coming up and am expecting to get a raise. Work at a family office. I'm currently underpaid ($85k base + 5% bonus) in a HCOL city. My question is what is my worth range in today's market?

Have looked at other comp threads and haven't found an exact comparable- have just seen others with less experience making more than me. 

I'm more on the financial side- so on our acquisitions team, work with our asset management team, perform various one off financial analyses, responsible for following market trends and tracking local development pipeline. 

It is a good gig- work closely with C Suite executives who care about my growth, rarely work over 45 hours/week. But want to know what a fair salary is for 3 years work experience for my role with no masters degree. 

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Is your question what is your market comp range worth with the shop your currently at or if you were to move to another firm? 

I'll take a stab if you're referring to the family office you're at, but I have little to know information about your shop. I would say you should be in the 85-100k base range + (25% bonus at least) unless you guys are really inactive and not closing on anything. 

I work for a developer now and have a little over 2 years of experience and came from a capital markets brokerage group. I was able to leverage my pay in my previous role to get where I am now but I'm at 90k + 40% bonus target and my hours are probably similar to yours with a rare occasion of a crazy week that I get blown out.

 
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CEL's Annual RE Salary Survey is what you want to read.

While it may not have data broken out for a family office environment it will certainly give you the flavor of what your peers in development are earning at your level which is a very helpful gauge for understanding your value bracket in the job market. I suggest frequently checking the CEL website to ensure your not languishing comp wise. Sometimes you need to make a move.

https://celassociates.com/prime/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cel2022compensationsurveyresults.pdf

 

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